Large swathes of the country remain under the grip of a relentless heatwave, with Churu in Rajasthan recording a high temperature of 50.8 degree Celsius.
In Delhi, mercury touched a high of 41.5 degree Celsius and it¡¯s only predicted to get worse. Despite this, one Sikh man set a goal to help out fellow pedestrians.
In a video that¡¯s going viral, an old Sikh man can be seen standing with cans of cold water on his scooter, by the side of the road while patiently waiting for people. He then hands over the drinking water to whoever approaches him.
People like him are a rare breed and is very hard to find those who¡¯d go out of their way to help others.??
In Hyderabad too, pots of cold water are kept for people to come by and drink.?
Dozens of people are reported to have died in the heatwave. Scorching temperatures have caused severe dehydration, deaths by sunstroke, and other heat-related causes.
But there are a handful who are doing their bit to help others out.?
Millions of people are desperately awaiting overdue monsoon rains as they struggle to secure drinking water amid the heat wave. Drought has ravaged crops, killed livestock, emptied reservoirs and hit city dwellers and supplies to some industries.
Depleting reservoirs have even forced some municipalities in places like Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad to cut supplies to ensure water lasts until the arrival of the monsoon, which is running a few days late.
Reuters
In total, key reservoirs in western India were at 11 per cent of their overall storage capacity on Thursday, compared to 15 per cent a year ago and ten-year average of 19 per cent.
State governments have deployed tankers to ease water scarcity, but people complain there are not enough.
As government supplies are not enough, people are buying water from private tanker suppliers, and the price is rising with demand.
Reuters
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said there will be no large change in maximum temperatures over the next two days. According to the IMD forecast, severe heatwave conditions are very likely to continue to prevail over Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha on Wednesday and decrease in intensity thereafter.
India's average surface temperature has risen by 0.8 degrees Celsius from 1880 to 2018, according to a report by El Dorado Weather.